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(No Model.)

S SG HEUER.

BUCKLE.

No. 389,252. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON SCHEUER, OF NEW YORK N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.389,252, dated September11, 1888 Serial No. 2172M. (No modetl To all whom, 2'6 ntay concern:

Be it k nowu that I, SIMON SOHEUER, ofNew York city, New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Buckle, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a buckle ofsimple construction, that may beused for belts and for similar articles.

The invention consists in the variousfeatures of improvement more fullypointed out in the ciai m.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved buckle.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, showing it closed. Fig. 3 is a bottomview of the same. Fig. 4 is an inner perspective view of the tongue I).Fig. 5 is atop view of the buckle, showing it Open and with one end ofthe strap withdrawn. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of thebuckle.

The buckle is composed, essentially, of two parts, the frame a and thetongue or cam b. The frame a is a flat plate of metal, the two ends a ofwhich are bent up at right angles The tongue bis also a flat plate ofmetal; but. here all four ends are bent down ward, as at b b 1/ I). Allof these bent down ends are preferably of the same length, and thus thetongue I) constitutes in effect an open box. At the junction of the endsb b they may be connected by solder. If desired,either the front or rearend may be serrated, and the front end should be slightly turned inward,Fig. 6, to afford a better hold for the hand when opening the buckle.The upturned l flanges a u of plate a are perforated in line with oneanother, and the downturned flanges b b oftongue b are likewiseperforated in line with one another. Through the four perforations thereis introduced the pintle 0, around which the tongue b turns. Thus theperforated flanges form themselves the bearings for the pintle withoutthe use of any additional eyes. I

The strap or band d is secured to the lower face of the plate a by meansof attachingprongs a punched out of such plate. The strap is then passedinto the buckle from be hind, (that is, at the end of its pivot c, Fig.1,) and is finally run over the plate a between the upright ends athereof. This part of the strap is locked by the tongue when the latteris folded down, as in Fig. 2.

The advantages of this buckle are that it affords a tight hold upon thestrap, that it can be cheaply manufaetu red, and that it presents alarge face-plate that may be ornamented in suitable manner.

\Vhat I claim is- The combination ofplate a, having upturned flanges a,with the tongue I), having downturned flanges I) and serrated flange b,and with the pintle c, the plate a being provided with attaching-prongsa", punched out of the body of such plate, substantially as specified.

SIMON SCHEUER.

\Vitnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, HENRY E. RoEDER.

